Deshawn Brown & Mirna Habib, CSU Northridge
The History and Geography of Jazz
No abstract provided.
Carlee Agar, CSU Chico
Hydrology and Fire Effects: Big Chico Creeks, Twin Spring Meadow
My project will discuss the affects of hydrology and how efforts of fire conservation methods can play a huge role in a meadow ecosystem such as Twin Springs. Water is a huge driver for this ecosystem which feeds the flora and fauna of the ecosystem. Conservation methods such as prescribed or controlled burns are also a key driver for a fully functional meadow ecosystem. The relationship of the two will be further analyzed and the connection of these key features will aid the need to conserve and monitor this special ecosystem.
Nathaniel Douglass, Humboldt State University
Mapping Arcata Neighborhoods and Perceptions
People inhabit and associate vernacular names to ill-defined neighborhood boundaries. These neighborhoods are given unique characteristics and identities, where boundaries products of ‘mental’ or ‘cognitive’ maps created by the everyday citizen. This research attempts to locate the boundaries of the several assumed neighborhoods in the small college town of Arcata, California. Each neighborhood is associated with both positive and negative perceptions, due to various social factors seen by its residents. Printed base maps, with common physical features and street names, allowed Arcata citizens to outline and name neighborhoods, while questionnaires provided insight to the perceptions associated with them. Variability in neighborhood boundaries and perceptions are due to due to age, occupation, time span of residency, income, etc. and results provide a better understanding for the social and geographic ways in which residents view their city.
Diana DeGroot, Cal Poly Pomona
Blue Cut Fire
No abstract provided.
Victoria Martinez, CSU Stanislaus
Wifi Signal Mapping
Students and faculty often complain about Wi-Fi signals on the Stanislaus State campus. We mapped Wi-Fi signal strength in the most populated areas of the main campus. Within the study site, points were generated in a grid pattern, with points being located every 50 feet. At each point, five signal tests were recorded using Android phones. From there, an average of the five signal tests was generated for each point. To create the final map, the spline with barriers feature was used to interpolate the results between the points. Wi-Fi signals were strongest near the northern side of the library and in the courtyard of Demergasso-Bava Hall. The weakest Wi-Fi signals were located in the amphitheater and the quad. Overall, Wi-Fi signals vary across the study site and presents the opportunity to improve signal strength.
Connor Nitsos, CSU Stanislaus
Accuracy Analysis of USDA Vineyard CropScape Data in the Livermore Valley
USDA CropScape data has a reputation for being inaccurate, particularly with vineyards. This project’s goal was to field test the USDA CropScape data, and determine the prevalence of inaccuracies. ArcGIS was implemented to generate a map including USDA CropScape data. The Livermore Valley was used as a study site. A total of 40 random points were generated on the map - 20 for vineyards and 20 for non-vineyards. At each random point, a field check was performed to test the accuracy of the USDA CropScape data. Although some points were unable to be checked due to circumstances such as obscured view or private roads, four points were identified that did not match the USDA CropScape data. Out of the 33 points ultimately used in the study, 27 were classified correctly. Thus, the Livermore Vineyard CropScape data had an overall 82% accuracy.
Kolbe Stets, Grossmont College
Potential New Bike Lanes within San Diego County (A study focused in the Neighborhoods of North Park to Downtown via Golden Hill)
With the allure of biking growing within San Diego County, the need for a continuous network of multiple bike lanes bas been a recent demand from the public. The targeted area for a proposed network of bike lanes is between North Park and Downtown within San Diego County; which is a major hub for employment, tourism and countywide held events and festivities. Current bike routes and lanes are limited and scattered between these neighborhoods. From North Park to Downtown, via Golden Hill, a network of increased bike lanes would immensely help funnel bike commuters and leisure rides throughout those neighborhoods while promoting an alternative mode of transportation and going green!
Amanda Walker, CSU Northridge
Pokemon Go Adventures
The purpose of the "Pokemon Go Adventures" map is to show where PokeStops and Pokemon Gyms were located at the California State University, Northridge (CSUN) campus. The data was found online through few different websites. The base map is from Google Earth Pro. The point data of the PokeStops and Pokemon gym are from PokemonGoMap.info. Other source images located on different websites. After checking the data on the PokeStops and Pokemon Gym was correct by walking the CSUN campus with Pokemon Go app open on the phone and a paper map of the PokeStops and Pokemon Gyms of CSUN. Then place Pokemon Gyms in Google Earth Pro where a distant have been calculated to show the path use to walk to each Pokemon Gym. After all that, the information then placed in Adobe Illustrator to created the map.
Greg Beringer, CSU Fullerton
Bicycle and Pedestrian Collisions Near Anaheim Schools 2005 to 2015
In an urban environment, there is often a contentious relationship between cars and bicycles or pedestrians. In a ten-year span from 2005 to 2015, the Anaheim Police Department reported over 2,000 collisions involving either cyclists or pedestrians. This project analyzes these collisions, with a focus on school zones. Using data retrieved from UC Berkeley’s Transportation Injury Mapping System, this map assesses spatiotemporal patterns in car/bicycle and car/pedestrian collisions during the school year. It examines car, bicycle, and pedestrian collisions in the vicinity of schools during the peak traffic times around most traffic in close schools, being an hour before and after the average school day. The research objective is to identify collision hot spots where extra attention is needed to ensure the safety of all those traveling to and from school.
Maelynn Dickson, CSU Fullerton
An Investigation of the Pacific Trash Vortex
Current conditions of the earth’s physical environment have seemed to increasingly degrade. As many projects and scientific studies have gone before me – to analyze the Pacific Trash Vortex – few to none have exhibited the variety of contributing factors onto one display. This map assesses the actual conditions and contributors to the environmental degradation of the North Pacific Ocean and its encompassing species, food chains, and ecosystems. By collecting data from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, and a variety of cartooned images, I was able to generate a map that displays the North Pacific subtropical gyre, the North Pacific subtropical convergence zone, contributing warm and cold Pacific currents, relating polluters to the North Pacific area, and of course, the contents of the Eastern and Western garbage patches. All factors expressed into one map allow for an ideal example of the Pacific Trash Vortex.
Andrew Shensky, CSU Fullerton
Fullerton Arboretum Interactive Web Map
This presentation will discuss the data collection and web app development methods used to create an interactive web map for the Fullerton Arboretum. The interactive map presented in this talk is currently being used by arboretum staff to confirm the identity of all the features (trees, infrastructure, etc.) mapped during the 2016-2017 academic year. Upon staff verification of these features, the interactive map presented in this talk will be made available to the public. This interactive map will give patrons the ability to identify trees and locate essential information throughout the Fullerton Arboretum. The data collected and maintained in the database associated with this interactive map will allow students and researchers to access arboretum data, further supporting the idea of universities serving as living labs.
Kevin Ankerberg, Pasadena City College
Green Sea Turtles and Trawling/Dredging
Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) are an endangered species whose populations are low, but have been growing after gaining protection from the endangered species act of 1978. Green sea turtles are considered an umbrella species as well as a keystone species. An umbrella species is one whose habitat is shared by many other species. By protecting an umbrella species, we indirectly protect entire ecological communities. A keystone species is a species that an ecosystem largely depends on, and without it, the ecosystem would change drastically. With the goal of assessing current threats to Green sea turtles, data on trawling/dredging by marine ecoregion, threatened marine mammal species and green sea turtle occurrences, was gathered. A series of geoprocessing methods identified areas where high amounts of fishing intersected with turtle populations.
Torrie Brickley, Humboldt State University
Colombian Refugees Seeking Asylum
The Colombia Conflict has been in action for the past five decades as guerrilla fighters seek social change as apolitical party. As of September 2016, after months of negotiation, Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) leaders and Colombian government officials have reached a final peace, ending a war that killed over a quarter million and displaced millions of civilians. Through the lens of cartography, this map is a digital representation of Colombian refugees who sought asylum in alternative countries from 2010 - 2015.
Christopher Dobel, CSU East Bay
Assessing Urban Greenspace (UGS) Access in Hayward, California
This poster offers a preliminary assessment of the City of Hayward’s current Urban Greenspace (UGS) distribution. A prioritization has been placed on identifying residential areas with a high population density of children, where children ages 0-5 are reported to live more than 200 m (656 ft) away from Urban Greenspace. The results are linked to a discussion of similar studies conducted in England and Canada in which healthiness - from infant to adult - was correlated to having Urban Greenspace access.
Michael Fincher , Humboldt State University
China’s Proposed Railway: Chengdu to Lhasa
The proposed Chengdu to Lhasa railway – in progress since 2014 – will create the potential to contribute to the promotion of Han tourism, and will serve as a convenient connection between the China’s Sichuan province and Tibet. By critically analyzing both Chinese and Tibetan landscapes, as well as current Chinese literature on Tibet, this map will serve as a visual reference providing insight as to how media images and representations are effecting travel destinations for Han Chinese citizens. Therefore, this research will also reveal how the completion of the Chengdu to Lhasa railway will lead to an increase of Chinese economic development within the Tibetan Autonomous Region. This map focuses on the proposed railway route and highlights the potential environmental damages and potential increase of tourism flow that may occur as a result of its completion.
Omar Peña, CSU Northridge
The United States Under The Articles of Confederation 1878: Missouri Compromise Ending Reconstruction in the Country of Louisiana.
This map is a visual representation of the genre Alternate History. This genre is a type of science fiction, but as a discussion of plausible scenarios or outcomes alternate to what unfolded in actual history. It asks the question of “What If?” What if the South won the American Civil War, Hitler beat the Allies or JFK wasn’t assassinated. In this case though, this map portrays the plausible formation of the states if the Constitution of the United States was never ratified and the Articles of Confederation was the supreme law of the land. In short, Louisiana Purchase might not happen. The west could no longer be the “relief valve” for the American issues which arrive through its growing pains. Manifest Destiny would clash with border constraints, therefore creating new issues along with the ones actual in history; which is plausibly portrayed on this map.